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Lorns. My Hottentot in the mean time con- 
tinued to drag himfelf along on his belly; 
and approaching quickly near enough to take 
aim, fired at it, upon which it inftantly fell.— 
I was fo overjoyed that I made only one ftep 
t-o the place ; and I had the pleafure of con- 
templating at my leifure the mod curious and 
beautiful fpecies of antelope that Africa pro- 
duces. For this fervice I affured my Hotten- 
tot that I would reward him generoufly whea 
I returned to our encampment. The intelli- 
gence of this man, and the various methods he 
employed to furprife the animal, rendered his 
fervice of great value and importance ; on this 
account I refolved to gain him over by all thofe 
allurements which feducethe Hottentots. I be- 
gan by giving him a large provifion of tobacco ; 
and to this prefent I added fome tinder, a tin- 
der-box, and one of my beft knives : he imme- 
diately made ufe of the latter, and began to flay 
the animal with the fame dexterity as he had 
fired. The fkin I carefully preferved. 
This antelope has been defcribed by Pennant 
under the name of the blue antelope^ and by 
BufFon under that of the tfeiran. The latter 
has given the figure of a part of its horns : it 
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